Multiplaying graphophone



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A TTO/f/YEYS Oct. 22, 1929. H. A. KOESTER MULTIPLAYING GRAPHOPHONE FiledJune 14. 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet ATTORNEYS l atented first. f ltlhhl HENRYA. KOESTER, F

This invention relates to multi-playing graphophones wherein provisionis made for automatically playing in succession a plurality of recordswithoutrequiring manual operation after the device is started, and pertains more particularly to improvements in my pending application uponmulti-playing raphophone, Serial Number 442,034, filed February 3, 1921.

The objects of the invention are to provide a machine of this typeadapted to play a plurality of records in succession, means beingprovided forcsuccessively feeding one record at a time to the turn tableafter the lm playing of the preceding record is finished, means beingalso provided for automatically raising the sound reproducer and tonearm from engagement with the record after the playing of each record,and moving the same beyond the periphery of the turn table to allow thenext record to be dropped into position upon the turn table, the tonearm being then automatically moved into position and lowered upon therecord to start playing.

The machine is so constructed that a plurality of records may be placedin position thereon and successively played without further attentionfrom the operator, or any desired number of the records may be playedafter which the machine is automatically stopped or one record may berepeated in definitely, as desired, or the machine may be manuallystopped at any time, or if desired, one record may be played in theusual man-' ner as on the ordinary phonograph.

The present application relates more particularly to certainim rovementsin the record holding and fee ing mechanism, nonvibratingmechanism-between the reproducer and the swinging and lifting mechanismto prevent vibrations from the operating mechanism from being reproducedthrough the horn or amplifier, friction mechanism to prevent accidentalmovement of the tone arm until the needle engages the record and anautomatic stop to .prevent the needle from. dragging across the record,means for manually tripping the stopping mechanism and for stopping themechanism after the playing of any record, together with other detailsNORWALK, (EH10, ASSIGNOF: HF TWO-FIFTHS TO OSCAR l). FULLER, 0FMASSIBLLON, UHIO GRAPHOFHUNE 1921. Serial No. 437,404.

of construction of the various parts of the device.

With these objects inview the invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts, hereinafter described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in theform and details of construction may be made within the scope of theappended claims.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated. in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Fi ure 1 is a fragmentary plan view ofa grap ophone constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2, a side elevation of a portion of the device, parts being brokenaway for purpose of illustration;

Fig. 3, a section on the line 33, Fig. 4;

Fig. 4, a section on the line 4-4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5, a section on the line 5-5, Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, a detail of a portion of the record dropping mechanism and theassociated parts, on line 6-6, Fig. 3; V

Fig. 7, a detail view as indicated by line 7-7, Fig. 3, showing aportion of the regulating mechanism Fig. 8, a section on the line 8-8,Fig. 3;

Fig. 9, a perspective view of a portion of the mechanism which controlsthe releasing of the clutch;

Fig. 10,- a vertical sectional view of the record holding and feedingshaft;

Fig. 11, a transverse sectional view through the same on an enlargedscale; and

Fig. 12', a section on the line 12-12, Fig. 3.

Fig. 13, a fra mentary perspective view of the friction 'latcmechanismto prevent accidental movement oft-he tone arm untihthereproducer needle engages the outer periph- W cry or starting groove, ofthe record.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe draw- 111 S. I

he usual cabinet within which the motive 95 mechanism of the gra hophoneis contained is indicated generallv lvy the numeral 1, the upper andlower walls 2 and 3, respectively, being spaced apart in any suitablemanner for housing the mechanism. a

' desired construction, is carried upon the tone arm'in, the usualmanner, a fibre collar 6 being provided at the connection of the tonearm and reproducer to prevent vibrations of the mechanism from beingreproduced through the amplifier or horn. A depending post 7 is carriedby the free end of the tone arm and a link 8 is pivoted thereto andprovided at its free end with the socket 9, within which is mounted aballlOcarried at the extremity of the lever 11 which is pivotedintermediate its extremities upon the vertiv'al rock-shaft 12.

The lever -11 is provided with a pivoted portion 13 hinged as at 14 insuch a manner as to allow the hinged joint to operate as the free end ofthe lever is moved upward, but preventing such free end of the lever andthe reproducer 6, and tone arm 4, carried thereby from moving down belowthe plane of the turntable without raising the hinged section 13, suchhinged section and its connections also permitting the operator of themachine to manually raise the tone arm independently of the pivotedsection 16 and its actuating mechanism for the purpose of inserting anew reproducer needle.

A depending rod 15 is pivoted at 16 to the I free end of the hingedsection 13 of the lever,

and the lower portion of said rod comprises two hinged sections 17 and18, the pivots 19 and 20 thereof being located in planes at right anglesto each other, thus allowing pivotal movement in two directions of theupper portion of the rod, made necessary by .12 above the lower bearin27 is spaced above the dis 26 and journ'aled the degree of inclinationof the slot 214 in the upper end of the rock shaft 12. i

The lower section 18 is vertically, slidably mounted through the bearingportions 21 of the radial arms 22 and 23, said radial arms being fixedupon the rock shaft 12 within the cabinet, said rock shaft extending tothe" bottom wall 3 and being j ournaled in the bearings 24 and 25. a

A disk'26 is journaled upon the rock shaft and a similar disk upon therockshaft, each of said disks being provided with a bevel gear portion28 meshing with the bevel pinion 29 which is fixed upon the horizontalclutch shaft 30.

The shaft 30 is journaled in the bearings 31 and 32 which are mountedupon the plate 33 connected to the lower wall of the cabinet.

A bevel gear 34 is rotatably mounted upon the shaft 30 and hasintegrally formed thereon the clutch member 35. The co-a'cting clutchmember 36 is splined upon the shaft 30 and arranged to .be movedtermediate its extremities upon the post 38, the free end thereof beingconnected by means of a link 39 to the lever 40 which latter is pivotedintermediate its extremities upon the post 41.

The gear 34 meshes with a bevel pinion 42 fixed upon a vertical shaft43, a pinion 44 being also fixed upon said shaft and meshing with apinion 45 driven in any suitable manner from the motor which is usuallyprovided for operating the graphophone.

An arm 46 is fixed upon the rock shaft 12 above the upper disc 27 and isprovided with a depending portion 47 (see Fig. 9) having a set screw 48arranged to engage the finger 49 of the latch 50 pivoted as at 51 uponthe lever 40. The finger 52 of the latch is provided on its under sidewith a notch 53 arranged -to normally receive and hold the lip 54 of thesupplemental arm or lever 55 which latter is pivoted at 56 upon theunder side of said lever 40. A leaf spring 57 is connected as at 58 tothe opposite side of the lever 40 and bears against the upwardlyextending finger or arm 49 of the latch 50, thereby resiliently andnormally holding the latch in a position shown in Figs. 5 and 9 of thedrawings, a leaf spring 59 being connected as at 60 to the side of thelever 40 and engaging the supplemental lever or arm 55 to normally holdthelatter in alignment with the lever 40 and in position to be engagedby the finger 52 of the latch 50.'

A stop arm 61 is mounted upon the post 41 beneath the pivoted lever 40by means of a set screw 62, said stop arm 61 being provided at one endwith an upturned lip 63 carrying an adjustable stop screw 64 foradjusting the throw or stop position of the outer end of the lever 40 atthe desired'point.

A finger 65-is' pivotally connected at its inner end to a collar 66fixed upon the rock shaft 12 between the disks 26 and 27, said fingerextending beyond the peripheries of said disks, and being located in thepath of the pin 67 which is fixed upon the upper surface of the lowerdisk 26, the spring 66 (see Figs. 3 and 4) upon the top of the lowerdisk being arranged to engage the fixed collar 66 to move the tone arm'needle into the record initial playing groove.

An adjustable inclined block 68 is slidably mounted upon the guide 69,fixed upon the bottom wall of the cabinet in the path of the freeextremity of the arm 65. For the purpose of adjusting the block 68, therod 70 is located vertically through the cabinet and provided with anarm 71 having a slot 72 which receives the pin 73 upon the block 68, abutton 74 being provided upon theupper end of the 'rod and having anindicatingvfinger 75 which cooperates with the dial 76 indicating thesize of the record for which the machine is set.

The usual turn table 77, upon which the records are placed for playing,is fixed upon the rotatable tubular shaft 78 which extends through theupper wall of the cabinet and is journaled in suitable bearings 79 and80, the pinion 45 being fixed upon said shaft and operatively connectedto the driving mechanism.

Collars 81 and 82 are fixed upon the tubular shaft in osition to en a ethe bearin s 79 and respectively, in order to prevent vertical movementof the shaft,

A vertically movable rod 83 is slidably mounted within the tubular shaft7 8 and is provided near its upper portion with the reduced shank 81,the upper extremity of the rod being again enlarged as shown at 85.

The tubular shaft 78 is provided with a plurality of superposed, spacedrows of inwardly inclined apertures 86, balls 87 being mounted in saidapertures'and arranged to normally engage the enlarged upper end of therod. As the rod 83 is moved upwardly, one row of said balls at-a timewill be allowed to drop inwardly, engaging the reduced shank 84 of therod.

The disk records 88 are each provided with the usual central aperture89which is of suflicient diameter to receive the tubular shaft 78, andto engage the balls 87 when they are held in the outer position by theenlarged portion 85 of the rod.

A leaf spring 90 is mounted in a vertical,

socklet in the tubular shaft 78 and provided at its upper portion with apin 91 arranged to selectively engage the notches 92 formed in therod 83and corresponding in number with the records to be placed upon theshaft. The lower extremity of the rod is preferably tapered or coned asat 95.

A ratchet 96 (see Figs. 3 and 6) is mounted upon a stem 97 journaled ina bearing 98 upon the lower wall of the cabinet,-said ratchet beingbeneath and eccentric to the rod 83, a cam 99 being provided upon saidratchet,

v the conical'fend of the rod 83 traveling upon the upper surface ofsaid cam. A spring locking pawl 100 is provided for preventing theratchet from accidentally turning.

An arm 101 is pivoted upon the stem 97 and provided with a pawl 102normally held ;in

engagement with. the ratchet teeth by means of a spring 103, a link 10 1connecting said arm with a bell crank 105 pivoted upon a post 106 andmounted upon the bottom of the cabinet, the other arm of said bell crankbeing connected by a link 107 with an arm 108 pivoted upon the stem 109,carried upon the bottom of the cabinet, a ratchet 110 beingrotatablymounted upon said stem,-a pawl 111 carried upon the arm 108being normally held in engagement with said ratchet by means of thespring 112.

A disk 113 is fixed upon and concentric with the ratchet 110. andprovidedwith a plurality of pins 114: corresponding 1n numera chi her tothe numher of records which the ma net and is provided with the keepers118 and 119 through which the rod 120 is slidaloly mounted. I

A trigger 121 is pivoted upon the bar 116, the inner extremity thereofbeing arranged to be normally seated in the notch 122 formed in the rod120, the spring 123 normally holding the trigger in this position. Thetune tion of the trigger 121 is to automatically stop the machine whenthe desired number of records have been played, and when thrown out byone of the arms 114: in accordance with the position in which the partsare set through the rod 126' and indicator 128, as now described. Thefree extremity of the bar 116 is connected by the link 12% with the armfixed upon the vertical rod 126, said rod extending through the upperwall of the cabinet and being provided with a finger button 127' havingthe indicator 128 which oooperates with the dial 129 upon which are thefigures indicating the number of records which may be played upon themachine before it is automatically stopped. I

The starting lever 130 is mounted above the top wall of the cabinet uponthe vertical rod .131 which extends through the cabinet to the bottomwall thereof, being journaled in a bearing 132 mounted upon the bottomwall,

extending over said guide. Aplurality of sockets 135, corresponding innumber to the records to be playedupon' the machine, are provided in theupper face of the bar 116 and arranged to be selectively engaged by thespring pressed plunger 136 carried in the guide 134, for the purpose ofpreventing acciset at the desired oint. v

A rod 137 exten s through the cabinet having a bearing 138 upon thelower wall thereof, 1

trated inFig. 7, comprises the bracket 142' suspended from the underside of the top -wal1 of thecabinet and having pivotally 115 dentalmovement of the bar after it has-been mounted therein the ,bellcrank 143which 4 is adjusted through-the adjustin screws 144 5 having anindicating finger 147 which cooperates with the indicating dial 148 uponthe top of the cabinet.

An arm 149 -is pivoted at'150 upon the bracket and is connected to thebracket by' means of the coil spring 151, a plunger 152 being slidablylocated through a suitable bearing in said arm and engaging thedepending arm 153' of the bell crank. A lever 154 is pivoted at 155 tothe lower end of the arm 149, the upper end of said lever enaging theplunger 152 and the lower end tgereo'f engaging the extremity of the rod1 0.

A rock shaft 150 is fixed to the arm 149 and has fixed thereon a rockarm 150 which engages the starting arm 150 of the brake actuating shaftof the motor and is arranged to be rocked to release and'start the motorin the usual manner.

A ratchet 156 is mounted upon a stem 157 journaled in a suitable bearingupon the lower wall of the cabinet, an arm 158 being pivotally mountedupon said stem and connected by means of a link 159 with the bell crank105. A' spring pressed pawl 160 is mounted upon the arm 158 and engagesthe ratchet 156, a locking pawl 161 also engaging said ratchet forpreventing accidental movement thereof.

A cam 162 is formed integrally with the ratchet 156 and is engaged bythe depending rod 163 which is connected to the ring 164 mounted uponthe tube 5 which carries the tone arm, said tube being slidably mountedover the tube 5* which is connected with the amplifier in the usualmanner; suitable bearings are mounted upon the tube 5 for slidablysupporting therod 163. In this way the pivoted portion of the tone arm 4is successively elevated with the dropping and building up of therecords on the turn table and the tone arm 4'is maintained in asubstantially constant relative position to the record being played.

A lever 165 is pivoted at one extremity upon the bottom of the cabinetas shown at 166,, a trigger 167 being pivoted intermediate itsextremities upon the central portion of said lever as shown at 168, saidtrigger being arranged to be engaged by the pin 169 upon the disk 27.The opposite extremity of the trigger is connected as at 169 to the link170 which connects to the extremity of the arm 101. Stop pins 171 and172 are provided upon the bottom wall of the cabinet to be engaged thelever 165, the coil spring 17 3 which is cdn'nected to the trigger nor"-mally holding the trigger 167 agamst .the stop 167. v

A rod 174 extends'vertically through the cabinet and is provided at itslower portion with a fixed arm 17 5'which is connected by means of alink 176 with the lever 165, a button 177, being provided upon the upperend of the rod and having an indicator finger 178 which cooperates withthe dial 179.

By turning the rod to move the trigger into, or out of the path of thepin 169 upon the disk, the device may be set to play the six recordssuccessively, or to repeat one record indefinitely.

A spring pressed trigger180 is mounted in a base 181 fixed upon thebottom wall of the cabinet, saidtrigger bein arranged to engage thefinger 182 upon tie arm 23, a stud 184 being carried by said tri ger andextending through a slot 185 in the ase 181, and arranged to be engagedby the lower end of the rod 15. In order to assure the trigger engagingthe finger 182, the upper end thereof is corrugated as shown at 186.

The disk 27 is provided in its periphery with a cam surface 187 at oneextremity of which is provided a notch 188, the peripheral portion ofthe disk adjacent to said notch as at 189 being of less thickness thanupon theother side of the cam surface 187 as at 190. A roller 191 ismounted upon the lower section of the rod 15 and arranged to engage thecam surface of the disk 27, the tone arm and reproducer being raised andlowered through the lever 11 by means of this roller and cam.

A curved plate 192 is suspended upon brackets 193 at a point adjacent tothe rod 15. A bracket 194 is mounted at 195 upon the arm 22 and providedwith an upwardly extending portion 196 at its extremity within which ispivoted the catch or trip lever 197. An arm 198 isfixed to the bracket194 and provided with a pad of fibrous material 199 arranged to engagethe upper surface of the plate 192 to hold the tone arm againstaccidental movement until the reproducer needle engages the record.

A pin 200 is provided in the lower section of the rod 15 and arranged tooperate the catch lever 197, a pin 201 being provided in the extremityof the arm 22 for engagement with said catch. A collar 202 is fixed uponthe rod 15 and a coil spring 203 is interposed between said collar andthe upper surface of the arm 22 for the purpose pf normally holdin therod in the raised position with the r0 ler 191-in engagement with thecam surface of the disk 2 I -A finger 204 is provided upon the tone armand arranged to engage the stop pin 205 mounted upon the cabinet for thepurpose of limiting the outward movement of the tone arm when the sameis swung into the inoperative position to allow a new record to bedropped upon the turn table.

The operation of the device is as follows: With the tone arm and theconnecting mechanism in the position shown in dotted lines in lFig. 1,one record is placed upon the turn. table of the phonograph, the rod 88losing then moved to its raised position, allowing all of the balls 87to drop inwardly into engagement with the reduced portion 8 1 of therod. Five records are then placed upon the tube 78 and the rod loweredinto the position shown in 10, the enlarged portion 85 thereof forcingthe halls outwardly, each set 01 balls sustaining one record.

The rod 126' is then rotated, moving the tinger 128 thereon intoposition adjacent to the number upon the dial 129, designating thenumber or records desired to he played.

With this operation, the tear 118 will he swung upon its pivot 11'?through the arm 125 and linlr 121, moving the trigger 121 the desireddistance from the disk 118 and the trigger actuating arms 111.

The starting rod 181 is then roclred, by

- means 01 the lever 130 thereon, in the direction of the arrow shown in1, the arm 133 (see'll ig. 3) upon said rod engaging the rod 120 andsliding the same longitudinally through the keepers 118 and 119,engaging the notch 122 thereonwith the trigger 121.

At the same time, the other extremity oil the rod 120 will engage thedepending arm of the lever 154.: and throw the mechanism shown in Fig.l, rocking the shaft 150 and the arm 1510 thereon, said arm engaging thebrake actuating or starting arm 150 of the 1 motor, starting the motorin the usual manupon the arm 46 to engage theicatch 49, re-

leasing the finger 54 of the arm 55 from engagement with said catch, thespring 208 moving the member 36 into engagement with the cooperatingmember 35, the lever 37 through the link 39 throwing the lever 40 overthe pin 209 upon the upper disk 27 The shaft 30 is then rotated, andthrough the bevel pinion 29, the disks 26 and 27 are rotated in thedirections of the arrows shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the arm upon the lever40 being engaged by the pin 209 upon the top disk 27, and swung upon itspivot out 01 the path of said pin and as thepin passes out of engagementwith said arm, the spring 59 .will throwthe arm back into the normalposition and into engagement with the catch 49.

The corrugated upper surface of the trigger engages with the finger 182,preventing the needle from being dragged across the recordby the campushing a ainst the roller 191, holding the lever 11 which operates thetone, arm, against horizontal movement the reproducer has been raised,movingthe needle out of engagement with the record.

As this action takes place, the depression 01 the rod 15, which is atthis time directly over the pin 181, will depress the trigger 188 belowthe finger 182, releasing the arm 28 and allowing the lever to he swunginto the outward position, swinging the tone arm into the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1.

11 it is desired to repeat the tlrst record indefinitely, the rod 171 islett in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 8, holding the trigger 16'?out 01 the path 01 the pin 189 upon the lower disk 26. 11, however, itis desired to i play the several records in succession, the rod isturned, moving the finger 1'18 into the dotted position shown in Fig. 1,throwing the trigger 181" into the path ot the pin 182 With the parts inthis adjusted position, the pin 189 will engage the trigger 18-1, as thedislr 26 is rotated and through the liu'rlr 170 and pawl 102 will movethe ratchet 28 one notch, raising the rod 88 by means of the cam 99,allowing the lowermost set 01: halls 87 to drop inwardly against thereduced portion 81 ot the rod, permitting the lowermost record to dropupon the turn tahle.

When the dish 113 is moved to such position that one of the pins 11dwill engage the extremity. of the trigger 121, said trigger will bethrown out of engagement with the notch 122 in the rod 120, the spring151 throwing. said rod out all engagement with the trigger androclringthe shatt150, moving the rock arm thereon out of engagement with. themotor starting lever, stopping themotor,

At the same time the ratchet 158 willhave Mill been operated in the samemanner through s the link 159 and pawl 160 and through the cam 162 androd 163, the tone arm will be raised sufficiently to permit the needleout the reproducer to engage the next record at the normal angle.

During this same operation the ratchet will be rotated through the pawl111 and link 107 moving the disk 113 one-sixth of a complete revolution.Prior to the droppingof the record upon the turn table, the tone armwill have been swung intothe position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, bythe roller 191 upon the rod 15 being received and carried within thenotch 188 in the disk 27. As the raised cam portion 189 upon the disk 27engages the roller upon the rod 15, the.lever 11 pivoted upon the upperend of said rod will be tilted, raising the reprod'ucer clear of therecord.

The pin 67 upon the upper side of the lower disc 26 will, uponptherotation of the latter, come into engagement with the pivoted arm 65,thereby rotating the shaft 12 from right to left or anti-clockwise andcorrespondingly swinging the tone arm to the starting position. As thereproduce]: is car finger- 65 will be carried u (permitting the pin 67to pass un er the same in disengagement) and. consequently stopping thetone arm and reproducer at this. outer or starting point. The tone armwill then be lowered by meansof. the recess surface 187 of the upperdisc 27 receiving the roller 191 carried upon the rod 15 andconsequently lowering the lever section 11 and connected reproducer andtone arm for the starting of the playing of the next record. As the tonearm swings into the starting position friction takes place between thepad 199 and the late 192 (see Fig. 13) by the lowering of t e rod 15 byreason of the raised portion 190 ofthe disc 27 (see Fig 4) engaging theroller 191 carried uponthe lower sections 17 and'18 of the lever actu'ating rod 15. This action throws the trip or nose member 196 againstthe depending in 201 in the arm 22 holding the latter y friction untilthe needle in the reproducer enga es'the record; then as the rod 15 israise in lowering the reproducer carried on the opposite'end of thelever 11 the pin 1 200 strikes the trip lever 197, raising the latterand thereby causing the upwardly extending nose of the lever 197 tobecome disengaged from'the pendant pin 201 and releasing the" frictionalengagement between the pad 199 and the plate 192: (See Fig. 5). Thespring 66 then comes intocontact with the lower portion of the lug ofthe collar 66, rotating the shaft 12 in an anti-clockwise directioncarrying the lever 11' horizontally and thereby finally throwing thetone arm 4 over inwardly and horizontally to the outer periphery of therecord toward the first or starting grooves thereof and sufliciently tobring the needle therein at which instant the spring 66 passes free forthe normal playing of the record.

It will also bobserved that when the tone arm 4 has been moved'throughits connections to the full line position shown in Fig. 1

of the drawings, concluding the playing of a record, and the clutchmembers 35 and 36 have been held intheir open position during theplaying Oflthe record by the action of .the pin 209 of the upperdisc'27in en'- gagement with the latch plate (see Figs. 5 and 9) carriedon the arm 40 and transmitted by the latter through the links 39 to thearm 37 (the discs 26' and 27 being locked asagainst the independentrelative movement by the connecting gear 29) the rock. shaft12 will havebeen carried with the arm 46 to substantially the position shown inFigs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. Accordingly as the screw 48 of'the arm 46strikes as now described. During plate 55, thereby permitting suchauxiliary or supplemental lever or latch plate to swing horizontallythrough the connection of the pin 209, allowing the latter to pass underthe arm of the lever 40 and the latter then being free, it will togetherwith its connections 39 and 37 react or take a reversed position throughthe pressure exerted by the spring 208 thus throwing the clutches 35 and36 into enga ement. After the supplemental lever or late plate 55 hasbeen moved clear at its free end of the pin 209 such latch plate 55 willbe swung horizontally by the leaf spring 59 to its original position andbe automaticall ngaged by the latch 52 of the pivoted catch The clutchmembers 35 and 36 being in engagement it will be undcrstod that thelower and upper discs 26 and 27, respectively, are being rotated inopposite directions, the upper disc 27 rotating ina clockwise directionand the lower disc 26 in an anti-clockwise;direction.

When the discs 26 and 27 start in this movement and the tone arm is infull line position shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings, the

cam surface 190 of the up r disc 27 will come into engagement with t e.roller 191 and thereb depress the rod 15 which is at this time dlrectlyaver the pin l84 and depressing the trigger 186 below the finger 182will release the arm 23 thereby permitting the lever 11 to be swung tothe outward position by the mechanism hereinbefore referred to, carryingwith it the tone arm to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.Just after this action takes place, the pin 169 of the lower disc 26 hasengaged the lever 167 thereby simultaneousl I through the connected armsand links 1 0, 104 and 159 moving the'ratchets 96 and 156 one notch andraising the rod83 for the release of the next record which falls uponthe record just played, and elevating the movable section 5 of the'tonearm 4 sufiiciently to permit the tone arm to be moved inwardly andlowered toits initial position on the outer periphery of the record justdropped and 'the movement just described the lower disc 26 through thepin or projection 67 has engaged the arm 65 moving it to the sto 68thereby carrying the tone arm inward y toward the outer periphery of thenew record and during such rotation the'disc 27 through its recess 187will have received the roller 191 carried on the lower section of thepin 15, thereby lowering the sound 'box 6 with its stylus and thetonearm 4 to the outer periphery of the record. Supplementing-such actionthe lower disc 26 through its spring 66' engages the lug portion of thecollar 66 carrying the vertically movable arm 55 upon the ltl fill

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' weaves a inclined stop 66 (seel ig. l) for the linal location andhorizontal movement of the stylus into the initial playing groove oilthe record, 1

As shown in Fig. lid of the drawing, it will he noted that the tubularshalt i8 is provided at its upper extremity with a taper-ed or conicalhead 2M) which assists in placing as records upon the shalt hy quiclrlycentering the records as they are placed upon the shaft lt will also heseen that the upper extremity ot" the enlarged portion ot the rod 83 isprovided with a pin 2ll which extends through, the vertical slots 2l2 inthe upper end portion oil the tuhular shalt, said pin heinpg provided atits extremities with the heads 2l3 which may he grasped hy the operatortor moving the rod downwardly when it is'desired to place a plurality olrecords upon the shall i Attention is called to the fact that the leverll is pivoted to the upper end ot the shaft 12 in an inclined slot 2%,the pivot thus heing at a slight angle to the horizontal,

this being for the purpose of lowering the reproducer vertically tohring the needle always to the same relative position upon the record,regardless of the numher ot records huilt up upon the turn table and tocompensate therefor,

, lly means ot the manually operated stop ping lever 139 the machine mayhe operated in the same manner as any single playing machine by placingthe lever 1?? in the repeat position shown in lFig. l,

llt will he noted that the stem 98, upon which the ratchet and cam,which operate to lower the records, are mounted, may he adjustedvertically by means oil the threaded extremity 220 ct said stem, whichengages' the internally threaded bearing 221 mounted in the lower wallof the cahinet, a jam nut 222 being provided upon said threaded extremity ot the stcmi'or holding the same in any adjusted position.

ll claim i l. A graphophone includinga-cabinet, a motor driventurn-table, a tubular shaft on tending through-said turn-table, means onsaid tubular shaft for supporting a plurality oil records in spacedrelation above said turnv table, a tone arm and reproducer mountedadjacent to said turn-table, means within said tubular shaft forautomatically lowering arecord upon the turn-table as the tonearm isswung outwardly, and means for manually actuating said record supportingand lowering means in saidtuhular shaft independently oil saidautomaticactuating means.

2. A graphophone including a cabinet, a motor driven turn table, atubular shaft extending through said turn table, superposed 7 sets ofballs provided insaid tubularshaft for supporting a plurality ofrecordsahove said turn table, a rod within said tub1 11ar shalt arrangedto engage said halls to lower a record upon the turn table, and meansfor holding the rod out 0t engagement with the halls alter the lastrecord has been dropped to allow all of ithe records to he removed mranged to engage said halls, means iormoving the rod vertically withinthe tuhular shaft for successively releasing each set or b alls to lowera record upon the turn table alter the tone arm is swung outwardly, andmeans for moving said rod downwardly through the t'uhular shalt toreplace records thereon.

4t. A graphophone including a cabinet, a motor driven turn table, atubular shalt extending through said turn table, means in cludingradially movahle halls within said shalt for holding a plurality ofrecords spaced above the turn table, means within said tuhular shaft forsuccessively releasing said halls'and tor lowering one record at a timeto the turn table and a tapered upper en tremity upon said tubular shaftto assist the placing oil records upon said shalt.

5. A graphophone including a cabinet, a motor driven turn table, meansfor building up records in superposed relation on the'latter, a tone'armand reproducer mounted adjacent to said turn tahle, a lever connected tosaid tone arm, a shaft upon which said lever is pivoted intermediate itsends, the pivotal connection being located at an angle to the horizontalto compensate for-the building up oil said records with respect to theinitial posi'- tion o-tlthereproducer and tone arm, means forautomatically rocking said lever and rotating said shaft to raise thetone arm and reproducer and swing the same outwardly beyond theperiphery of the turn table as the playing of each record is completed,and means for rotating said shaft and rocking said lever to swing thetone arm and reproducer back to the playing position and lower them intoengagement with the record.

6. A graphophone including a cabinet, a motor driven turn-tableincluding a record a tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent to saidturn table, means for automatically raising said tone arm and rcproducerand swinging the same outwardly beyond the periphery of the turn tableas the playing of each record is completed, means for automaticallymoving the tone arm and reproducer back to the playing position andlowering them into engagement with the record after each-record has beenlowered upon the turn table, and a friction mechanism to preventaccidental movement of the tone arm all ' ducer into the playing grooveof the record.

until the reproducer needle engages the record.

7. A graphophone including a cabinet,'a motor driven turn tableincluding a record, atone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent to saidturn table, means for automatically raising said tone arm and reproducerand swinging the same outwardly beyond the periphery of the turn tableas the playing of each record is completed, means for automaticallymovingwthe tone arm and reproducer back to the playing position andlowermg them into engagement with the record,

and an automatic stop provided with a corrugatedsurfac'e to prevent theneedle from dragging across the record.

8. A graphophone including acabinet, a

I motor driven turn table including a record, a

tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent tosaidturn table, a leverconnected to said tone arm, a shaft upon which said lever is mountedintermediate of its ends, a pair of di sks loosely mounted upon saidshaft and arranged to be rotated in opposite directions, means forautomatically rotating said disks as the playing of each record iscompleted, means operated by said disks for automatically swinging thetone arm and reproducer outwardly beyond the periphery of the turn 9.' Agraphophone includin alcabinet, a motor driven turn table inclu ing 'arecord, a tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent to said turn table, alever connectedto said tone arm, a: shaft upon which. said lever ismounted intermediate of its'ends, a pair of disks loosely mounted uponsaid shaft and arranged to be rotated in opposite directions,

means'jfor automatically rotating said disks as thef'fplaying of eachrecord is completed,

'ftable as the playing 0 pleted, means operated by said disks forautomeans operated by said disks for automatically swinginge the .tonearm and reproducer outwar y yondthe periphery of the turn each record iscommatically moving the tone arm and reprolowered to. the playing ducerback-to the playing position and lower,-

ing them into engagement with the record, means for automaticallystopping the rotation of said disks after the tone arm'has, beenposition, arod connected to the free end 0 said lever a roller upon saidrod arranged to engage the under surface of one of said disks, afriction mechdisks loosely mounted upon said shaft and arranged to berotated in opposite directions, means for automatically rotating saiddisks as the playing of each record is completed,

' means operated by said disks for automatical- .ly swinging the tonearm and reproducer out- Wardly beyond the periphery of the turn table asthe playing of each record is completed, means operated by said disksfor automatically moving the tone arm'and reproducer back to the playingposition and lowering them into engagement with the record after eachrecord has been lowered upon the turn table, means for automaticallystopping the rotation of said disks after the tone arm has been loweredto the playing position, a rod connected to the free end of said lever,a roller upon said rod arranged to engage the under surface of one ofsaid disks, a friction mechanism to prevent accidental movement of thetone arm until the reproducer needle engages the record and a diskprovided with a cam surface having a notch arranged to engage saidroller to swing the tone arm from the end of the playing position clearof the record beyond the periphery ofthe turntable.

11. A graphophone including a cabinet, a motor driven turn tableincluding a record, a tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent to saidturn table, a lever connected to said tone arm, a shaft upon which saidlever is pivoted intermediate its ends, a pair of disks loosely mountedupon said shaft, meansfor automatically rotating said disks as theplaying of each .record is completed, a cam upon one of said disks, arod connected to the other end of said lever and provided with a rollerengaging said cam, said rod being composed of three pivoted sections,the pivots in said sections being located in planes at right angles toeach other, said cam and rod being arranged to automatically roe-k saidlever, means for rotating the shaft to raise the tone arm and reproducerand swing the same outward beyond the periphery of the turn-table, aftereach record is completed, and means for rotating the shaft and rockingthe lever to move the tone-arm and reproducer back to the playingposition after each record has been lower'e upon the turn table.

12. In a graphophone, a turn-table, a tubular shaft extending upwardlyfrom the center of the turn-table and provided with spaced rows ofinwardly inclined openings,

balls mounted in said openings, a rod in said shaft adapted when in oneposition to hold said balls in a record engaging projected position andin another position to hold said balls in a record releasing position,and means for shifting said rod.

13. In a graphophonsi including a turntable, a centrall locate tubularshaft extending upwardly from the turn-table and W provided with spacedsets'of radially. movable balls each set being-adapted in one positionto engage and support a record from the central 0 ening thereof whenmounted on said tubu ar shaft and in another position to release therecord and allow it tov drop upon. the turn-table, and verticallyreciprocatory means within said tubular shaft for controlling the radialpositions of said balls.

14. In a graphophone including a turn tam ble, and a tone arm andreproducer, and means for automatically moving the tone arm andreproducer into and out of engagement with the records, a tubular shaftextending through the turn table, means upon and operable from withinsaid shaft for supporting a plurality of records in spaced relationthereon above the turn table and means within said tubular shaft forautomatically lowering a record upon the turn table after the tone armand reproducer are swung out of engagement with the precedin record.

15; In a graphophone inclu ing a turn table and a record, and a tone armand reproducer, a tubularshaft extending through the turn table, asuperposed set of balls provided in said shaft for supporting aplurality of records above said turntable, a rod within said tubularshaft arranged to engage said balls to hold them in engagement lwlth therecords, said rod having a reduced portion arranged to allow the ballsto drop inwardly out of engagement with the records, means for moving.the rod verticall in the tubular shaft to disengage the recor s andallow the same to drop upon the turn table andmeans for holding thereduced portion of the rod in engagement with the balls after the lastrecord has been dropped to allow all, of the records to be removed fromthe tubular shaft.

16. In a graphophone of the character described in claim 15, projectionson the rod projecting from and slidable in the tubular shaft formanually moving the rod downwardly through the tubular shaft to engagethe balls with anew set of records.

17. In a graphoph'one of the character described in claim 14, a camoperatively engaging the means within the tubular shaft. for loweringthe records and means for automatically operating said cam after eachrecord is played. I I

18. In a graphophone of the character described in claim 15, a camoperatively engaging the rod and means for automatically opfit I atcrating said cam after each record is played.

19. In a aphophone of the character described in c aim 15, a camoperatively engaging the rod and means for automatically operating saidcam after each record is played, and means for adjusting said camvertically.

20. In a graphophone comprising a turn table including a record, a tonearm and a reproducer, a rock shaft 0 eratively connected to the tonearm, means f dr automatically engaging said rock shaft after each recordis playe to swing the tone arm beyond the periphery of the turn table, aradial arm mounted upon the rock shaft, means for engaging sai to the.playin position and an inclined block arranged to e engaged by said armto free the same from engagement with the o erating means to stop themovement of sai rock shaft as the tone arm and reproducer reach theplaying position.

21. In a graphophone of the character described in c aim 20, means foradjusting the inclined block in order to bring the tone arm andreproducer into the playing position upon records of difierentdiameters.

22. A graphophone includin a cabinet, a motor driven turn table incluing a record, a tone arm and reproducer. mounted adjacent to the turntable, a IOCkgShtlft operatively connected to the tone arm andreproducer, a air of disks loosely mounted upon said shaft, drivingmeans for rotating the disks upon the shaft, a clutch between thedriving means and the disks, means for normally urging the clutch intotion, a lever pivoted within the cabinet and operatively connected tothe clutch, means upon one of the disks for normally engaging the leverto hold the clutch in the inoperative position and an arm upon the rockshaft for releasing the lever from said engaging means upon the diskwhen the tone arm and reproducer are moved to the end of the playingposition of each record.

23. A graphophone includin a cabinet, a motor driven turn tableinclucfing a record, a tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent to theturn table, a rock shaft operatively connected to the tone arm andreproducer, a pair of disks loosely mounted upon \said shaft, drivingtmeans for rotating the disks upon the sha a clutch between the drivingmeans and the disks, means for normally urging the clutch'into leverpivoted within 'tlie'cabinet and operatively connected to the clutch,apivoted arm upon said lever, a catch upon the lever normally engagingthe arm, a pin upon one of the disks normally engaging the arm to holdthe clutch in the inoperative position, and an arm upon the rock shaftarranged to engage the catch and release the pivoted arm rom engagementwith the pm when the tone arm and reproducer are moved to the end of theplaying position of each record.

arm to movethe tone armbackoperative posioperative position, a

24. A graphophone includin a cabinet, a motor driven turn table incluing a record, a tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent to the turntable, a rock shaft operatively 5 connected to the tone arm andreproducer, a pair of disks loosely mounted upon said shaft, drivingmeans for rotating'the disks upon the sha t, a clutch between thedriving means and the disks, means for normally urging the clutch intooperative position, a lever pivoted within the cabinet and operativelyconnected to the clutch, a pivoted arm upon said lever,a catch upon thelever normally engaging the arm, a pin upon one of the disks normallyengaging the arm to hold the clutch in the inoperative position, an armupon the rock shaft, and a set screw in said arm arranged to engage thecatch and release the pivoted arm from engagement with the pin zowhenthe tone arm and reproducer are moved to the end of the playing positionof each record.

25. A graphophone including a cabinet, a motor driven turn tableincluding a record, 5 a tone arm and reproducer mounted adjacent vto theturn table, means 'for' automaticaL ly moving the tone arm andreproducer out of engagement with the record and beyond the periphery ofthe turn table after each rec- 0rd has-been played, means forautomatically moving the tone arm and reproducer to the startingposition after each new record has been placed upon the turn table, abar ivotal- 1y mounted at one end within the ca inet, a

'35 rod slidably mounted upon the bar and arranged to operatively engagethe starting leverof the motor, means for sliding said rod into positionto start the motor, a trigger upon the bar arranged to hold the rod in40 the operative position, a rotatable disk adjacent to the rod providedwith a plurality of ins of different lengths arranged to trip saitrigger and means for swingin the bar upon its pivot to allow anydesired pm to trip the tri gerl v I 26. n a device of the characterdescribed in claim 25, a manually operated rock shaft extending throughthe cabinet, and an arm 1 upon said rock shaft arranged to be moved intoengagement with the trigger to trip the same. V In testimony that Iclaim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

. HENRY A. KOESTER.

